Dextre
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Key facts
- Spacecraft instrument.Name
- Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator
- Spacecraft instrument.Image
- Dextrereallyhasnohead.jpg
- Spacecraft instrument.Caption
- Dextre, many of the ISS's Robotic arms and experiments, can be operated from Earth, performing tasks while the crew sleeps.
- Spacecraft instrument.Operator
- NASA
- Spacecraft instrument.Manufacturer
- MDA
- Spacecraft instrument.Type
- telemanipulator
- Spacecraft instrument.Number
- 1
- Spacecraft instrument.Spacecraft
- International Space Station
- Spacecraft instrument.Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spacecraft instrument.Launch_Site
- Kennedy LC-39A
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
11 sectionsContents
- Purpose
- Structure
- Tools
- Future possibilities
- Design and delivery
- Installation
- Operational use
- Other mentions
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Dextre on the end of Canadarm2 thumb|Dextre, as photographed by an Expedition 26 crew member right|thumb|Dextre, as photographed by an Expedition 27 crew member
Dextre, also known as the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM), is a two-armed robot, or telemanipulator, which is part of the Mobile Servicing System on the International Space Station (ISS), and does repairs that would otherwise require astronauts to do spacewalks. It was launched on March 11, 2008, on the mission STS-123.